Free Speech
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Déjà vu: Hunter Biden whistleblower documentary ads ‘suppressed’ by Big Tech, lawyers suggest
Haven't we seen this movie?: Shining a light on the Hunter Biden saga may yet still face more suppression by the Big Tech firms who rushed to block the truth in the run-up to the 2020 election. They succeeded.
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'Big freaking deal': Trump axes Biden censorship machine in 'unprecedented' consent decree
10-year agreement binds surgeon general, CDC, DHS's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. Feds agree not to stop Louisiana, Missouri and individual plaintiffs from seeking attorney's fees as "prevailing parties."
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Minnesota ban on election 'deepfakes' doesn't exempt parody, groups ask appeals court to clarify
The ruling against satirist "Mr Reagan" shows trend of courts "narrowing state law to avoid a constitutional conflict," in this case that "the law does not criminalize constitutional parody despite no written parody exception," brief says.
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Elected leaders worldwide call on Brazil to back off censorship as global elite call for more
Brazil's actions "could set a dangerous precedent that quickly spreads," EU, U.K., Mexico, South America leaders warn. Bill Gates floats real-time AI censorship, Robert Reich wants Musk arrested worldwide for "disseminating lies and hate."
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Big Tech invokes 'self-harm' to censor criticism of gender ideology, may ban 'misgendering' entirely
YouTube's concern about videos mentioning suicide doesn't apply to Robin Williams talking about killing himself, gory animation of Chinese genital self-mutilation. Meta Oversight Board reviewing its platforms' refusal to take down videos criticizing trans rules.
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Mom sues Arizona city, mayor, cop for arresting her for criticizing bureaucrat
"No American should be told to ‘stop talking’ or go to jail simply for speaking their minds at a city council meeting," Rebekah Massie's lawyer says.
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Free speech on 2024 ballot because entrenched disinformation policing infrastructure, analyst says
The warning comes as the censorship industry has found itself on the defensive recently after scrutiny ramped up efforts to police nebulously-defined mis- and disinformation online.
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Devin Nunes says Zuckerberg has a 'get out of jail free card' after participating in censorship
Nunes said that if a Republican tried to do what Zuckerberg did, they would likely be investigated for federal crimes.
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Mark Zuckerberg admits Biden administration 'pressured' Facebook to censor Americans
Zuckerberg explained that the Biden administration pressured his team for months in 2021 to censor "certain COVID-19 content, including humor and satire, and expressed a lot of frustration with our team when we didn't agree."
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Academic freedom group blesses academic boycotts in 'context' of Israel war, calls GOP 'fascist'
American Association of University Professors undergoes similar evolution as ACLU, which is also losing one of its few remaining free-speech hawks. Former AAUP president says group is "parroting long-discredited" BDS claim, but contemporary accuses him of "incoherent rant."
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Censorship-industrial complex suffers setback under Musk suit, but critics say he'll 'lose the war'
"What Congress can do next is cut those billions in federal contracts and condition their reinstatement on removing those censorship filters," former Trump State official says.
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Public college pays censored students $330,000, changes policies to protect officials from liability
State Center Community College District officials will undergo annual First Amendment training and have to show materials to lawyers who sued on behalf of Young Americans for Freedom members.
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Professor fired after questioning social justice funding gets $2.4M settlement from college
Federal judge had greenlit related First Amendment lawsuit against diversity, equity and inclusion rules last fall. Parties were awaiting ruling by administrative law judge on Matthew Garrett's firing.